出版社: Princeton University Press
副标题: Corruption, Violence, and the Poverty of Nations
出版年: 2008-9-22
页数: 256
定价: USD 24.95
装帧: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780691134543
内容简介 · · · · · ·
Meet the economic gangster. He's the United Nations diplomat who double-parks his Mercedes on New York City streets at rush hour because the cops can't touch him--he has diplomatic immunity. He's the Chinese smuggler who dodges tariffs by magically transforming frozen chickens into frozen turkeys. The dictator, the warlord, the unscrupulous bureaucrat who bilks the developing w...
Meet the economic gangster. He's the United Nations diplomat who double-parks his Mercedes on New York City streets at rush hour because the cops can't touch him--he has diplomatic immunity. He's the Chinese smuggler who dodges tariffs by magically transforming frozen chickens into frozen turkeys. The dictator, the warlord, the unscrupulous bureaucrat who bilks the developing world of billions in aid. The calculating crook who views stealing and murder as just another part of his business strategy. And, in the wrong set of circumstances, he might just be you.
In Economic Gangsters, Raymond Fisman and Edward Miguel take readers into the secretive, chaotic, and brutal worlds inhabited by these lawless and violent thugs. Join these two sleuthing economists as they follow the foreign aid money trail into the grasping hands of corrupt governments and shady underworld characters. Spend time with ingenious black marketeers as they game the international system. Follow the steep rise and fall of stock prices of companies with unseemly connections to Indonesia's former dictator. See for yourself what rainfall has to do with witch killings in Tanzania--and more.
Fisman and Miguel use economics to get inside the heads of these "gangsters," and propose solutions that can make a difference to the world's poor--including cash infusions to defuse violence in times of drought, and steering the World Bank away from aid programs most susceptible to corruption.
Take an entertaining walk on the dark side of global economic development with Economic Gangsters.
Economic Gangsters is a fascinating exploration into the dark side of economic development… Subjected to their genius, seemingly inconsequential events (like New York City parking tickets and Suharto catching a cold) become potent tools in understanding how the world really works. Rarely has a book on economics been this fun and this important.
— Steven D. Levitt, coauthor of Freakonomics
作者简介 · · · · · ·
雷蒙德·菲斯曼,哥伦比亚商学院社会企业项目研究主任,《Slate》杂志的专栏作家。
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天下熙熙皆为利来,天下攘攘皆为利往
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I recently finished listening to the book, “Economic Gangsters: Corruption, Violence, and the Poverty of Nations” by Prof. Fisman and Prof. Miguel, on Audible. Overall, I think this is a great book on re-learning a set of interesting papers written by the... (展开)其实是本探索贫穷根源的书
腐败、暴力的黑帮经济学
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此书讲述的是一段进入经济发展阶段的神奇探险。得益于作者的天才探索,那些看上去无关紧要的事件,如纽约的违章停车和苏哈托的一次感冒,都成了理解这个世界到底如何运转的工具。这本书前半部分提出了如何最有效的应对全球贫困?认为我们面临的这个问题具有划时代的重要意义。大... (展开)> 更多书评 13篇
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0 有用 綦 2010-01-15 10:11:46
'匪帮'行动的逻辑。
0 有用 Michael 2012-11-14 21:01:31
读的电子版。。。内容正好是我感兴趣的。。。
0 有用 语不惊人 2010-09-07 15:57:31
只看了一些评论和简介
0 有用 桂树何团团 2021-07-13 06:03:36
非常棒!!
0 有用 庄常飞 2011-06-01 00:32:23
太浅了,但至少读起来不累,又有点养分
0 有用 Momo 2023-11-14 07:03:55 美国
六个关于经济发展的故事。ch4用外交豁免的情景来估计文化惯习对腐败的影响,最精彩。结论未必完全可靠,但是思路真的很有启发。
0 有用 桂树何团团 2021-07-13 06:03:36
非常棒!!
0 有用 朝阳门南小街 2020-08-10 03:38:37
这人写东西也太好了…………………………
0 有用 健硕的饭粒 2020-07-12 07:56:24
科普入门 从专业角度来说信息量比较sparse. 印象最深的是联合国大使在曼哈顿违规停车的研究 very smart research design.
0 有用 theSkywalker 2019-05-10 22:03:36
断断续续读了八年的书,真是拖延重度患者。不过也有书的原因,前几章精彩纷呈扣人心弦,到了后来就有点聱牙詰屈,一直纠结于学术结论的可靠性。总体上非常流畅好读的偏学术性的科普书,比起类似的freaknomics在推论上严谨太多了